* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. I'M THE, THE [00:00:01] CHAIR THIS YEAR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. [Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting] ALONG WITH, UM, UH, THE OTHER OFFICERS ARE ROY LIRA, UH, STACY FAIRCHILD, AND SCOTT COLER. WE WELCOME YOU TONIGHT TO OUR, UH, MAY MEETING. UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ROLL CALL. NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO ROLL CALL. UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, ROLL CALL JUST FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE DELEGATES. IF, UH, FOR SOME REASON YOU COME IN A LITTLE BIT LATER AT THE END, THERE'LL BE A CALL FOR IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER DELEGATES WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK UP. THEN AFTER THE DELEGATES, ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES GET A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, AND THEN, UH, THEN WE'LL GO INTO OUR FEATURED SPEAKER. UM, OKAY. SO, UH, WITH THAT, STACY, ARE YOU READY TO START THE ROLL CALL PROCESS? I AM. OKAY. THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I'M CALLING OUT ARE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN OUR MEETINGS THE PAST THREE MONTHS, FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. FIVE PRESENT. PHILLIP SALENO, ENRIQUE MILLER. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. SIX SIX. SIX SIX. PLEASE MUTE YOURSELVES. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 12. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 13. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 14. MARIE CARLISLE HERE FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 14. GEORGE FRY. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 15. YEAH, THIS IS, UH, PEDRO . MAYOR. THANK YOU. PEDRO. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 17. JEFF BAKER. JEFF BAKER. THANK YOU. JEFF. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 18. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22. I AM PRESENT IS MIKE VAN DUSEN. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 24. KAY WARHOL HERE. THANK YOU. KAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 25. DOUG SMITH AND BARBARA RA. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 27. SANDRA. HI, SANDRA. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 28. KATHY EASTERLY. THANK YOU. KATHY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 29. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31. TERRY KAMINSKI, PRESIDENT. 31. THANK YOU. TERRY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 32. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 36. NAOMI OSTFELD. THANK YOU. NAOMI. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 37. CINDY CHAPMAN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 38. STEVEN EK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 41. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 46. REPEAT THAT MONTH AS TALLY. THANK YOU. LUPITA SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 47, ALMOST FINISHED. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 49, 50. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 51, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 52, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 55, 57, 62, 63. ROY LIRA PRESENT. 64. THIS IS AMY DEN. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 64 AND 88. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 65. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 66. KATHLEEN O'REILLY. THANK YOU KATHLEEN. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 83. [00:05:01] TOMORROW BELL. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 84. SCOTT KLER, DAVE DURHAM. OKAY, THANK YOU BOTH. AND THEN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 86. YES. BART HARRIS HERE. OKAY, BART. THANK YOU. OKAY. I SAW, UM, MARK KLEIN JOINED US. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. STACY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? 40 I MISSED HERE. I'M SORRY. UH, 45 IS HERE. YES. UH, PASTOR DEB AND HEY SUSAN. YEAH. THANK YOU. HE HELLO EVERYONE. SYLVIA WITH BRAY OAK. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 36. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT PASTOR DEB AND PAULA. I SEE. WHAT ELSE FROM, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, SN 41. UH, WHO WAS IT DOWN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 45. OKAY. OKAY, I GOT YOU. WHO WAS, UH, WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41? BARBARA BLUE. BARBARA. YES. WELCOME BACK. WELL, THANK YOU. I TRIED ONLINE, BUT PROBLEMS. OKAY. THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE THEIR HANDS UP. STACY. OKAY. UM, I DON'T, I CAN'T SEE THEM. CAN THEY JUST SPEAK RHONDA JONES? RHONDA JONES FROM SN 41. OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S BRIDGET M FROM 57. THAT'S BRIDGET MURRAY. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, THIS SAYS, IS THIS SYLVIA FROM BRA OAKS? 36, MAYBE? YES. YES, I GOT HER. OKAY. UH, GREG SERGA GUTTER. OKAY. I DID NOT HAVE GREG AND LINDA SCURLOCK. I GOT LINDA. OKAY. OKAY. NEIGHBORHOOD 40. I'M NOT THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I'M IN ATTENDANCE. SCURLOCK. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS LINDA SCURLOCK, BUT I'M NOT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT. I'M JUST, I JUST LIVE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 40. OKAY, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA PUT THAT DOWN BY YOUR NAME. BESSIE MANFIELD, NEIGHBORHOOD 40. I DIDN'T GET THE NUMBER ON THAT. BESSIE. 40 44. ZERO. YES. 40. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF YOU, UM, ARE JUST JOINING US, I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROLL CALL FOR ALL OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT OUR LAST THREE MEETINGS. THAT WOULD BE FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL. IF YOU JOINED US WHILE I WAS DOING THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE SPEAK NOW. THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION REALLY QUICKLY IS IF YOU ARE JOINING BY PHONE AND YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY GIVEN ME YOUR NAME, YOU WILL NOT BE PUT ON THE ATTENDANCE LIST. SO PLEASE SPEAK UP OR SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I KNOW TO LOOK FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE. UM, DID I MISS ANYONE BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO CINDY? OKAY, BACK OVER TO YOU, CINDY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, WELL, UH, WE, THIS IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO JUST HAVE A VERY QUICK, UH, UH, MOMENT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES ON THE LIST. WE'VE GOT MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE, SO, UH, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT CANDIDATES, THIS ISELECT ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? I'LL GO. THIS IS JORDAN FRAZIER WITH SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. HI. UM, JUST WANTED TO STOP IN AND, AND SAY HI THAT I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE CHANGES TO CHAPTER 30 REGARDING OR RELATING TO NOISE AND SOUND LEVEL REGULATION WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST WEDNESDAY. UM, BUSINESSES WILL HAVE 120 DAYS TO GET THE PROPER PERMITS AND TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. UM, TOMORROW ALSO, THE MAYOR WILL BE RELEASING HIS PROPOSED FISCAL 2023, UM, BUDGET. AND SALLY HAS PUT OUT HER ANNUAL BUDGET SURVEY, UM, AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS IN THE CHAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND I SEE SOME HANDS UP. LET'S SEE. MARIA BOLANOS? YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M MARIA BOLANOS WITH COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA'S OFFICE. I JUST HAVE TWO LITTLE THINGS TODAY. WE HAVE OPENED THE EMPOWER [00:10:01] LAB, WHICH IS AN ACCESS FREE DIGITAL RESOURCES FROM OUR COMMUNITY CENTER LAB FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, LOOKING, SEEKING FOR A JOB, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO REDO THEIR RESUME AND APPLICATIONS. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS, MOCK VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS, UM, THAT, UH, FOR THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT, UH, 7 1 3 2 7 4 26 53. I WILL PUT IT IN THE CHAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA IS PROVIDING, WELL, NOT HIM, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES OUT OF THE, UH, LEON CASTILLO COMMUNITY CENTER. THE FREE, UH, SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES START THIS SATURDAY, MAY THE 14TH AT HMM, 10:00 AM ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REGISTER AT 7 1 3 2 7 4 22 22. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. NEXT UP WITH HER HAND UP IS SHERRY COR CORTEZ. SHERRY. HI, EVERYBODY. SHERRY CORTEZ WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, THIS MONTH I JUST WANNA, UH, GIVE YOU GUYS OUR, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WHICH IS MENTAL, UH, HEALTH AWARENESS, UM, OUR MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS. AND I'VE GIVEN THE PSA TO THE TEAM HERE, UM, TO PUT OUT TO ALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, ALONG WITH A VERY GOOD VIDEO, UM, IN REGARDS TO OUR DIVERSION PROGRAMS AT THE DA'S OFFICE. UM, SO PLEASE, UM, PUT THOSE PSAS OUT INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES, IF YOU WILL. UM, WE'VE ASKED OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT, UH, POST THEM AS WELL OUT TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. SO THEY ARE MAKING THEIR ROUNDS, WHICH IS AWESOME. UM, THE, THE ONLY THING ELSE I I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY IS TO PLEASE, AND I PUT MY EMAIL IN THE CHAT, PLEASE SEND ME YOUR MEETING TIMES AND DATES. SO MANY OF THEM HAVE CHANGED, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING THEM. UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES. OKAY. YES. UM, WE WE'RE NOT GETTING THEM. UM, AND, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GETTING LOST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, BUT PLEASE SEND ME, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TIMES AND DATES OF YOUR MEETING. WE WOULD REALLY LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE IN YOUR MEETINGS. UM, EITHER IF IT'S ZOOM OR IN PERSON, JUST LET ME KNOW SO I CAN ADD IT. SO IT'S A REPETITIVE MEETING FOR US, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT IS DEI CHAVIS, DISTRICT K DEI. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M DEI CHAVIS, UM, AS PRESIDENT, UH, CHAPMAN SAID. AND I AM WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA GASEX TATUM'S OFFICE. UM, PLEASED TO JOIN YOU ALL. JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM IS, UH, SPONSORING FREE MICROCHIPS AND RABS RABIES VACCINES FOR PETS OWNERS AND DIS FOR THE PETS OF PET OWNERS IN DISTRICT K. I'LL PROVIDE THE LINK, UM, IN THE CHAT. WE HAD, UM, SERVICES TODAY, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SERVICES OFFERED ON MAY 16TH. UH, AGAIN, THOSE ARE FREE TO DISTRICT KK RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION, I'LL ALSO PROVIDE IF, UM, YOU MISSED THE, UH, DISTRICT K REDISTRICTING TOWN HALL AND CIP MEETING, I'LL PROVIDE THE LINK TO THE VIDEO IN THE CHAT. AND I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING. UM, BUT IN, IN CASE YOU WANNA SEE THE MEETING, UM, THAT WAS ON MAY 4TH, I'LL PROVIDE THAT LINK SO YOU CAN VIEW IT, UM, AT ANY TIME. AND I'LL ALSO, UH, INCLUDE OUR CONTACT NUMBER SO THAT IF YOU'VE NOT RECEIVING OUR DISTRICT NEWSLETTER OR YOU NEED TO CONTACT US, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THE CHAT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, DIDI. UH, THAT'S ALL THE HANDS I SEE UP FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS OR REPRESENTATIVES GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. UH, ANY LAST MINUTE DELEGATES FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE WHO JUST ARRIVED? YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT YOU'RE HERE? THIS IS KEITH BROWNIE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT, 52, I AM HERE ON THE PHONE. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, KEITH. UH, OKAY. WELL, YOU JEREMY WILSON. OH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. THANK YOU, HUEY. ANYBODY ELSE? FANTASTIC. WELL, I GUESS THAT MEANS WE'RE AT THE POINT OF THE PROGRAM FOR OUR FEATURED SPEAKER. OUR FEATURED SPEAKER TONIGHT IS, UH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, MARGARET, UH, WALKER BROWN, WALLACE BROWN, AND, UH, MARGARET. I, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. UH, [00:15:01] LET'S ALL WELCOME. WE, I GUESS WE COULD JUST HAVE TO, UH, DO THE VIRTUAL APPLAUSE HERE, MARGARET. OKAY. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE UNMUTED. ARE YOU WAITING TO GET YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION LOADED? DIRECTOR, I STILL SHOW YOU. IS MUTED. THERE YOU GO. AM I OFF MUTE NOW? YES. OKAY. FOR SOME REASON MY CAMERA'S NOT COMING ON, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. HI EVERYBODY. SO GLAD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. UH, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU. WE'RE ON CAMERA. YES, WE CAN SEE YOU. OH, YAY. HEY, , IT'S NOT, UH, SHOWING, I'M SHOWING THAT I'M A BLACK SQUARE, SO THAT'S OKAY. . UM, NOW LEMME MAKE SURE I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN, WHICH IS THE BIG, UH, THE BIG THING FOR THE NIGHT. SO LET ME TRY TO DO THIS WHILE I TALK. SO, SO GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. UM, MAYBE IF I DISMISS THE RECORDING ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, I WANNA TALK WITH YOU VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THREE THINGS AND, UM, THREE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE CALL. IT SAYS, I'M MUTED AGAIN. YOU'RE NOT DIRECTOR. YOU'RE FINE. NOW YOU'RE MUTED. YEAH, NOW YOU'RE MUTED. OKAY. AM I MUTED NOW? NO, MA'AM. YOU'RE GOOD. I CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. RHONDA, CAN YOU SHARE MY SCREEN? UM, ONLY YOU CAN SHARE YOUR SCREEN DIRECTOR RIGHT BY THE LEAD BUTTON IF YOU HIT SHARE. NO, I, I KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT IT JUST IS NOT LOADING. GOT IT. OKAY. HOLD ON. DIDN'T WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM LAST TIME? SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TEACH ME HOW TO DO THIS. SO THIS IS . OKAY. SO HOW'S THAT? CAN YOU SEE IT? I CAN SEE IT, YES. I CANNOT, BUT I'M ASSUMING ALL IF ALL OF YOU CAN, THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST GONNA WING IT. I WANNA TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THREE THINGS TONIGHT. UH, REDISTRICTING THE TOWN HALLS THAT ARE GOING ON, THE, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. AND THEN JUST A GENERAL UPDATE ABOUT OUR LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH REDISTRICTING. AND, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR REDISTRICTING. THESE ARE, UM, SO THEY ARE, THERE IS ONE LOCATED IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, UM, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE ONE IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT. YOU MAY GO TO ANY REDISTRICTING MEETING. IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION, AND WE'RE COLLECTING THE SAME INFORMATION FROM YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THESE MEETINGS IS TO HEAR FROM YOU BEFORE WE START DRAWING MAPS, TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT, UM, WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE IN TERMS OF, UM, IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT DISTRICT YOU WANT TO BE IN. HOW IN, IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, SOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE CURRENTLY SPLIT AMONG TWO OR MORE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AND WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY REALLY WANT, UM, ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT PER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING? UM, YOU CAN DRAW YOUR OWN MAPS AND GIVE US MAPS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE HAVE A COMPUTER SET UP HERE IN OUR LOBBY WITH ALL OF THE VOTING PRECINCT INFORMATION AND THE POPULATION INFORMATION ON IT. AND WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CITYWIDE MAPS. BUT IF THAT FEELS TOO MUCH OR TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR YOU TO DO, DO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL US WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU CAN DO IT AT ANY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. OR YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO RUPESH KOHI, UM, THAT IS ON THE SCREEN. I'M ASSUMING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, UM, 'CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT, YOU CAN SEND IT TO RUPESH KOSHI@HOUSTONTX.GOV AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REDISTRICTING? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. UH, IS THE PLAN TO [00:20:01] BE, UH, TO NOT HAVE DISTRICT E BE SPLIT BY 30 MILES SO THAT WHOEVER THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS, UH, CAN'T REALLY REPRESENT IT FULLY? SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, YES, THE PLAN WOULD BE NOT TO SPLIT DISTRICT E. UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER PARTS OF DISTRICT D ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE THEIR OWN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT, NOR CAN THEY BE MOVED INTO THE ADJACENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WHICH FOR THE KINGWOOD SIDE WOULD BE DISTRICT B. AND THE, UH, CLEAR LAKE SIDE WOULD BE EITHER I OR D. UM, NEITHER OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS WORK VERY WELL EITHER BECAUSE IT DILUTES THE MINORITY VOTING OPPORTUNITIES IN BOTH B IN IN BD OR I. SO THE, THE REALITY IS E REALLY PROBABLY WILL STAY AS CLOSE TO ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT THANK YOU. IT IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT, UM, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY MAYBE? YES. UH, YOU'VE EXPL YES, YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT. THANK YOU. IT, IT'S NOT A GREAT ANSWER, BUT IT IS, BUT IT IS THE ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ACCORDING TO, UM, THE, THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT CITY COUNCIL PASSED. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THIS IS, PHILLIP GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. I SPOKE WITH RUPESH AT THE DISTRICT C MEETING LAST WEEK. ANY UPDATE ON THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND WHEN IT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE? HE, HE EXPLAINED TO ME ABOUT THE, THE OVERLAY, THE LAYERS WERE NOT WHAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR AT THE PRECINCT VOTING LEVEL. UH, ANY UPDATE ON THAT? I DO NOT. RUPESH HAS THE ABSOLUTE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON THAT. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HIM SINCE THURSDAY WHEN HE TOLD ME THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON IT. SO, UM, IF, IF IT CAME IN ON FRIDAY OR TODAY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. MY, THE BEST SUGGESTION IS TO STAY ON IS TO CALL RUPESH AGAIN. HE, HE KNOWS MORE THAN I DO AT THIS POINT. OH, NO PROBLEM AT ALL. HE'S, I'M ON HIS LI I'M FIRST ONE ON THE WAITING LIST AND, UH, HE AND I HAD A GOOD TALK LAST TUESDAY AT THE, UH, GOOD AT THE MEETING. SO, UH, I'LL JUST WAIT TO HEAR FROM HIM. I, I, I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL CONTACT ME. NO PROBLEM THERE. TERRIFIC. UH, ARE ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, REDISTRICTING? UH, GREG IS UP NEXT. YES. I SAY IT SAYS DATES AND TIMES FOR MEETINGS, BUT MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. YES. CANNOT HEAR ME. YES. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. IT SAYS DATES AND TIMES FOR MEETINGS, BUT I DON'T SEE TIMES ON THERE. I'M MISSING SOMETHING. OH, I'M SORRY. NO, YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOMETHING. THEY ALL START AT 6:00 PM I APOLOGIZE THAT, YES. 6:00 PM INCLUDING THE VIRTUAL ONE, UH, TOMORROW IN, IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE THE POPULATION DID NOT GROW AND IT WASN'T THAT MUCH CHANGE IN GROWTH, ARE YOU ALL GONNA MODIFY, UM, THOSE, UM, WE, WE DRAW THOSE LINES? SO AGAIN, IN A PERFECT WORLD, THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD PROBABLY STAY INTACT AS, AS, AS THEY ARE, BUT THE ADJACENT DISTRICTS TO THEM MAY BE TOO LARGE OR MAY BE TOO SMALL. AND REALLY IT IS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS KIND OF AS A DOMINO AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE, UM, APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF POPULATION IN THEM? SO IF ONE DISTRICT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ACCEPTABLE AVERAGE, WHICH IS 209,000 AND CHANGE, 209 PEOPLE, 209,000 PEOPLE, UM, LET'S SAY ONE DISTRICT IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT MARK, BUT THE DISTRICT ADJACENT TO IT IS MORE THAN 10% SMALLER OR MORE THAN 10% LARGER, THEN THERE WILL POSSIBLY BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE ON THOSE BOUNDARIES. BUT IT'S OUR INTENT TO KEEP THE EXISTING DISTRICTS AS, YOU KNOW, CLOSELY ALIGNED TO WHAT THEY ARE AS POSSIBLE. AND SO MAKE AS FEW CHANGES IN THAT REGARD. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I CANNOT GUARANTEE, UM, THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE SOME CHANGES TO THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPARABLE TO THE AVERAGE POPULATION. THANK YOU. UH, STACY? YES. DIRECTOR BROWN. UH, DO YOU, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED ALREADY, I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK? DO YOU THINK THE DEMOGRAPHER IS GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK? OR ARE YOU LOOKING F UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY? UM, IN TERMS OF HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I [00:25:01] THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, DECENT FEEDBACK. I WOULD LIKE MORE, I WOULD LIKE MORE AND BETTER FEEDBACK. YES. UM, SO IN DISTRICT H, I BELIEVE, UM, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF RUNNING TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT. BUT IN DISTRICT H, WHAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN THE COM IN THE MEETING WERE THAT THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS SPLIT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND THEY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE COMBINED INTO ONE DISTRICT. THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. IN 2011, WE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE REALLY VERY SIMILAR AND FEEL VERY ALIGNED TO THIS OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT. IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD PUT BOTH OF THESE COUNCIL DIS BOTH OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR. WE WANT TO HAVE TESTIMONY THAT THE PUBLIC BELIEVES THIS MOVE OR THIS CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE WANNA STAY EXACTLY AS WE ARE. DON'T CHANGE THIS DISTRICT AS MUCH. YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AT ALL, UM, THAT TYPE OF TESTIMONY IS VERY HA IS VERY GOOD FOR US, BECAUSE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE A CASE WHERE A, A DECISION COULD, MAY BE MADE EITHER WAY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND IF WE HAVE TESTIMONY THAT SAYS ONE WAY IS BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC THAN THE OTHER WAY, WE CERTAINLY WANNA DO THE WAY THAT'S BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC. SO, UM, STACY, I APPRECIATE YOU SPREADING THE WORD ON, UM, THESE MEETINGS. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND JUST, OR SEND US AN EMAIL OR CALL AND, UM, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD ABOUT YOUR REPRESENTATION. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY PEN TO PAPER YET. THIS IS HEARING FROM YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU WANT. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH OUR HANDS UP. I'M JUST TAKING THEM IN THE ORDER THAT, THAT I SEE THEM. UH, PEDRO, YOU'RE NEXT. YES, MA'AM. I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING FOR, UH, DISTRICT H AND I WAS SORT OF CONFUSED. UM, YOU GUYS SUGGESTED THAT WE GO IN AND WE REDRAW THE MAP ON WHAT, ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, FOR IT TO BE, AND MY CONCERN IS REALLY ABOUT DISTRICT AGE. AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE WANT YOU TO DO EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, ADD, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE, ALL THE DISTRICTS. AND THEN, AND I WAS CONFUSED ON WHETHER IF I DIDN'T MAKE CHANGES OR MAKE COMMENT ON THE OTHER DISTRICTS, UH, THAT MY COMMENTS WOULDN'T BE TAKEN, UM, AS MUCH AS IF I ONLY DID ONE. LIKE, I, I'M JUST REALLY CON CONCERNED ABOUT DISTRICT H THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO, BUT Y'ALL WERE, Y'ALL WERE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING. WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING. I JUST KNOW ABOUT DISTRICT H, SO I DON'T WANNA WASTE MY TIME, YOU KNOW, GOING ON THESE OTHER DISTRICTS WHEN I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT DISTRICT H. SO, UM, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AGAIN? YES, I CAN. AND I THINK WE ARE DOING, WE ARE EXPLAINING IT IN A VERY CONFUSING WAY AT THE MEETINGS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIX THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO THE INTENT IS THAT WE WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ABOUT YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND IF ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS DISTRICT H, OR IF ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BEING IN ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND YOU DON'T REALLY CARE WHICH ONE OR WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU HAVE A VERY LIMITED, UM, INTEREST IN, IN DOING THAT, WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL, THAT WILL CARRY QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT WITH US. THE REALITY IS THOUGH, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY AND WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY, UM, WHO THEY, AND THEY WANT TO GIVE US MAPS OF THE WHOLE CITY, AND THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND PROPOSE CHANGES OR NOT. AND SO IF, IF SOMEONE GIVES US A MAP THAT IF YOU COME IN AND YOU SAY, I JUST CARE ABOUT DISTRICT H AND I WANNA MAKE SURE DISTRICT H STAYS INTACT, OR I WANT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND DISTRICT H, WE WILL GIVE THAT FULL WEIGHT OF CONSIDERATION. BUT WE ALSO ARE GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THEY WANT TO REDISTRICT THE ENTIRE CITY AND PUT EVERY SINGLE VOTING PRECINCT INTO A DISTRICT, WE WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THEY CAN COME TO OUR OFFICES, RUPE WILL SHOW THEM HOW TO USE THE VOTING PRECINCT SOFTWARE WE HAVE HERE. AND IT'S NOT INTERNET BASED, SO I CAN'T JUST SAY, GO TO THIS LINK, IT'S ACTUALLY ON A DESKTOP. AND THEY CAN GIVE US THE WHOLE MAP THAT, IN THAT INSTANCE, WE NEED THE WHOLE CITY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE, [00:30:01] THE CITYWIDE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE NEED THE WHOLE CITY. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE EXPLAINING THAT VERY WELL, AND I THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE, BUT I GET YOUR POINT, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL THAT ANY OF YOU WHO WANNA MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR A SPECIFIC DISTRICT, WE WILL LISTEN TO YOU AND WE WILL, AND THAT WILL CARRY QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. UH, NEXT QUESTION'S FROM KATHY EASTERLING. HI MARGARET. HI KATHY. UM, I JUST AM, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY CLARIFIED IT, BUT YOU'RE, THERE IS NO MAPPING GOING ON IN THIS MOMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? IN OTHER WORDS, ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT ARE LISTED UP HERE THROUGH THURSDAY, MAY 19, AND THEN I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER VIRTUAL MEETING ON MAY 25TH, AT LEAST FOR DISTRICT C FOLKS. SO NOTHING'S HAPPENING UNTIL ALL OF THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. NOTHING, NO PEN IS PUTTING, BEING PUT TO PAPER. AND THAT VIRTUAL MEETING ON THE 25TH IS FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS ACTUALLY. OH, IS IT? ALL, ALL OF THESE MEETINGS ARE FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. IF, FOR INSTANCE, YOU WORK AROUND, UM, THE A EAF ISD CENTER TALENT DEVELOPMENT CENTER, BUT YET YOU LIVE IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA, YOU CAN GO TO THE DISTRICT F MEETING. IT'S PERFECTLY FINE. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. UH, LINDA SCURLOCK? UH, YES, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S IN TWO, IN TWO, UM, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, D, D AND K. UH, I UNDERSTAND IN SEVERAL YEAR WHEN, WHEN THEY REDREW THE LINES THAT THERE WAS ONE PRECINCT THAT, THAT CAUSED THAT PROBLEM. UH, ARE YOU VERY, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU WESTBURY? NO, I'M CENTRAL SOUTHWEST SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 40? YES. YES. OKAY. WE'RE IN TWO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. UH, LOOKING AT, WHEN I ATTENDED THE MEETING ON THE FOURTH, UM, WE HAD 209,000 PEOPLE IN DISTRICT K. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DISTRICT K SINCE WE ARE RIGHT AT IT AT 209,000. UH, WILL WE BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL BE, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT J HAS LOST POPULATION, HI AND JI THINK SO I'M WONDERING HOW, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT K WILL BE IMPACTED BY THOSE THAT LOST THE, UH, THE POPULATION. FOR INSTANCE, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO C AND J, UH, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE. YEAH, THE ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE DONE, BUT AT THE END OF THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THAT. AND IF THE TESTIMONY COMING OUT OF THESE MEETINGS IS THAT CENTRAL SOUTHWEST BELIEVES THEY NEED TO BE IN ONE DISTRICT, AND WE HEAR THAT FROM A LOT OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PRIORITY FOR US. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY LOOK CAREFULLY AT K TO SEE HOW DO WE MAINTAIN ITS SIZE? BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT AT THE, THE AVERAGE SIZE, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN ITS SIZE AND COMBINE CENTRAL SOUTHWEST TOGETHER? DOES IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS JOB VERY DIFFICULT. AND HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE ON WHAT PRIORITIES ARE HELPS MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS. THANK YOU. UH, ROY. ROY, LARA. OKAY. UH, THANKS DIRECTOR BROWN FOR BEING WITH US. MY CLARIFICATION, WHEN WE SAID 10%, THAT MEANS IT'S PLUS 5% OVER THE AVERAGE AND MINUS 5%. IS THAT THE 10% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOTAL? WELL, THE, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS SPECIFICALLY THE LARGEST CANNOT BE MORE THAN 10% BIGGER THAN THE SMALLEST. SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S FIVE UP AND FIVE DOWN, OR IF IT'S THREE UP AND EIGHT DOWN, I MEAN THREE UP AND, UM, SEVEN DOWN, YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT. THE, THE KEY IS 10% DIFFERENCE. SO THAT'S FINE THEN. OKAY. I GET IT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WERE, SO AS CONSTITUENTS WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING, I UNDERSTOOD IT ALSO TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO, TO THE DEMOGRAPHER. WE CAN PROVIDE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS WE POTENTIALLY LIKE TO BECOME PART OF OUR DISTRICT. SO THERE ARE THREE DISTRICTS THAT ARE LESS THAN 10, 11, 14 TO 17% FROM AN AGE PERSPECTIVE. LOOKING AT DISTRICT C, WHICH [00:35:01] JUST SEEMS TO BE THE LARGEST, IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES, IS THAT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL IF WE BACK THAT UP WITH DEMOGRAPHICS THAT STATE THEY'RE MOST LIKE US OR MORE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE, THE DISTRICT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THEM BECOME PART OF? YES, IT'S VERY, UH, IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SAY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S BOUNDARIES ARE THIS, UH, WE BELIEVE WE'RE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'D LIKE TO BE IN THE SAME DISTRICT. WE BELIEVE THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS ARE THE SAME. THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ABOUT US IS SIMILAR. WE'D LIKE TO BE TOGETHER, AND THESE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THESE TWO COMMUNITIES. OKAY. AND SO THEN MOVING FORWARD FOR THE REMAINING DISTRICTS AND MEETINGS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN STATE IN PERSON OR EVEN POTENTIALLY JUST SEND BACK TO, UM, TO THE CITY FOR THE LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG. CORRECT? CORRECT. EITHER WAY, YOU CAN SAVE THEM IN PERSON. YOU CAN PUT IT ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/REDISTRICTING. YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO, UH, RUPESH KOHI AND HIS EMAIL'S NOT ON HERE, AND I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S R-U-P-E-S-H DOT K OS H Y@HOUSTONTX.GOV GOV. AND RUPESH IS KEEPING A RUNNING TAB ON ALL OF THIS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. PLEASURE. THANK YOU. UH, STELLA MORES. STELLA, THERE YOU GO. YES, I'M COMING UP. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. HI. HI EVERYONE. I'M STELLA. AND, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TYPE OF MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ATTEND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY LATELY. UM, CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? YES. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I LOST YOU, BUT, UM, OKAY. SO I'M REALLY STARTING FROM REDISTRICTING 1 0 1 WHEN THIS FINALLY GETS INTO PLACE. WELL, WE HAVE TO, WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE, HAVE TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND THEN BE SELECTED BY US. UM, YES. SO THIS WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE NEXT ELECTION. SO IF, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE THIS UP. IF TERRITORY IS MOVED FROM DISTRICT, FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER, UH, WHEREVER IT IS MOVED TO IS THE, IS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN NEXT, NEXT ELECTION. OKAY. AND IT, ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WILL BE THE SAME WAY THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS, UH, CONDUCTED BUSINESS. UH, THEY WOULD BE GIVEN OFFICES, STAFF BUDGETS? YES, MA'AM. MA'AM. AND THE WHOLE THING? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THEN AT LARGE. CORRECT. THANK YOU. UM, DIRECTOR BROWN, I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT, UH, 20 MINUTES. HOW MUCH TIME WILL IT TAKE FOR THE OTHER TOPICS? I CAN DO THE SIDEWALK VERY QUICKLY AND I'LL SKIP THE LIVABLE PLACES. HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE TIME? I THREE. I SEE THREE MORE PEOPLE HAVE HANDS UP. WE TAKE JUST THOSE THREE AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT TOPICS. YEAH. OKAY. SO THREE, THESE ARE THE LAST THREE QUESTIONS, PASTOR DEB, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU. UM, MARGARET BROWN. MY QUE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, UH, VIRTUAL MEETING BECAUSE I'M A PERSON WHO'S DISABLED AND HOUSEBOUND. UH, WILL IT BE INTERACTIVE WHERE WE CAN EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR WILL IT BE JUST LIKE A WEBINAR THAT WE JUST HEAR IT? NO, MA'AM. WE'LL BE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT IT. OKAY. SO I DON'T NEED TO SEND ANYBODY. OKAY, DEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. UH, NEXT IS AMY DEN. YES. HOPEFULLY THIS IS A SIMPLE QUESTION. THIS PROCESS WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE ANY BOUNDARIES OF A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, CORRECT? I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE GONNA KEEP THE SUPER NEIGHBOR HEADS INTACT, OKAY. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. GREAT. SO IF WE'RE A JOINT COUNCIL, UM, OF TWO SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE STUCK TOGETHER, Y'ALL AREN'T GOING TO BE SEPARATING US ACROSS US, UH, A DISTRICT? OR IS THAT INPUT YOU WOULD NEED? , AMY, THAT'S INPUT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT MY DEMOGRAPHER KNOWS THAT TWO SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS OPERATE IN TANDEM. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR OFFICE AND LET US KNOW THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. UH, TERRY. TERRY KAMINSKI. [00:40:03] TERRY, YOU NEED TO UNMUTE TERRY. UH, OKAY. MAYBE, MAYBE THE QUESTION'S BEEN ANSWERED. UH, OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS HERE. I AM . OH, THERE YOU ARE, TERRY. OKAY. OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS THAT 209,000 PEOPLE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IS THAT HOUSEHOLDS OR REGISTERED VOTERS? WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? IT'S POPULATION. IT IS PEOPLE. SO IT'S, THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY VOTERS WHEN YOU SAY PEOPLE? NO. SO THE, SO, SO THE, AS YOU COMPLETED YOUR CENSUS FORM IN 2020, YEAH. IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY VOTING AGE POPULATION. IT'S, UM, PERSONS WHO LIVE IN THAT, THAT DISTRICT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THESE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, THEY'RE TERRIFIC QUESTIONS. AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T GIVE THIS A WHOLE 30 MINUTES, UM, FOR JUST THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. UM, IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND AGAIN, I THOUGHT, I, I THINK I SEE SOMEBODY PUT RU'S EMAIL IN THE CHAT. UM, PLEASE COPY IT AND EMAIL HIM, OR YOU CAN CALL ME AND I CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH HIM. WE WANT, WE WANNA FUNNEL ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS THROUGH REPRESS SO THAT WE KEEP A MUCH, UH, WE KEEP A VERY ACCURATE PUBLIC RECORD OF WHAT WE HEAR AND WHAT QUESTIONS WE GET. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN, UM, IF WE'RE DONE, I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE VERY QUICKLY. YES. THE SIDEWALK UPDATE SLIDE IS UP. YES. SO, AS YOU KNOW, I, I SPOKE WITH YOU SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT, UM, THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. AND JUST TO VERY BRIEFLY TELL YOU, IN 2020, THE CITY OF HOUSTON CHANGED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, THE DIMENSION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, UM, EXPANDING THE WIDTH ON, UM, MOST SIDEWALKS IN HOUSTON WHEN THEY'RE REQUIRED DUE TO, UM, CONSTRUCTING A NEW STRUCTURE ON THE LOT. UM, AND THIS IS THE NEW DIMENSIONS. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE DOING ANY OF THESE FOUR THINGS, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO REPAIR OR BUILD YOUR, YOUR NEW SIDEWALK, IF YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME, IF YOU ARE, UM, EXPANDING OR CONSTRUCTING MORE THAN 25% OF YOUR EXISTING HOME, UM, IF A NEW PARKING LOT IS CONSTRUCTED OR EXPANDED BY MORE THAN 25% OR BY MORE THAN 10 SPACES, OR IF A PEDESTRIAN ROUTE IS ESTABLISHED FOR OFFSITE PARKING, THEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD A SIDEWALK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, BUT AS, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, SINCE WE CREATE, SINCE WE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE, UM, TIME IS A GOOD TEACHER AND WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE THAT WE'D LIKE TO IMPROVE. UM, SO CURRENTLY YOUR OPTIONS ARE YOU EITHER AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION BASED ON THE CODE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, UM, IF YOU ARE ADJACENT TO AN ELEVATED FREEWAY, IF YOU, UM, A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT GIVE YOU AUTOMATIC EXEMPTION OR, UM, OR YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AUTOMATIC EXEMPTION, THEN YOU CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK, OR YOU CAN APPLY. CURRENTLY, YOU CAN APPLY TO EITHER EXEMPT OR MODIFY THE RULES. AND IT'S A RELATIVELY HEALTH HEALTHY FEE. IT'S $1,200 FOR THE EXEMPTION. AND THEN WHATEVER THE, UH, COMMITTEE TELLS YOU, BASICALLY IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR YOU TO DO. WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD ANOTHER OPTION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. UM, AND SO YOU STILL HAVE THE AUTOMATIC EXEMPTIONS. YOU CAN STILL CHOOSE TO BUILD YOUR SIDEWALK, OR YOU CAN APPLY TO HAVE YOUR SIDEWALK MODIFIED. AND WE ARE LOOKING CAREFULLY AT THE COST OF THAT FEE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO LEARN SOME SAVINGS FOR, IT'S BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT OUR TEAM TAKES TO, TO REVIEW SIDEWALKS. AND WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME SA, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SOME SAVINGS IN THAT TIME. AND SO THE FEE WILL COME DOWN. NOW, IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HASN'T GIVEN ME THE FINAL NUMBER YET, BUT THE FEE WILL BE LESS THAN THE $1,200. OR IF YOU CHOOSE TO, YOU CAN PAY A FEE, UM, INTO A SIDEWALK FUND INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S THE BIG OPTION WE ARE ADDING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. UM, SO YOU NOW HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, ADDITIONAL OPTION THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THE PURPOSE OF THE FEE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF SIDEWALKS IS TO PROVIDE A, A, [00:45:01] YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT BUILDING A BIG POT OF MONEY IN THIS FEE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A COMPLETE SIDEWALK NETWORK, A COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR PEDESTRIANS IN HOUSTON, AND BUILDING THE SIDEWALK GETS US THAT. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND A NUMBER OF, UM, CIVIC CLUB AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR WHERE IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE OR NOT POSSIBLE TO BUILD SIDEWALKS. AND SO, BY GIVING PROPERTY OWNERS THIS ADDITIONAL OPTION, WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROMOTE A MORE COMPLETE NETWORK FOR THE CITY, UM, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING SIDEWALKS IN AREAS WHERE THEY WOULDN'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING FOR ANY NUMBER OF YEARS. NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING IT IS THAT IF A PROPERTY OWNER CHOOSES TO PAY THE SIDEWALK FEE, INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALK, 70% OF THAT FEE WOULD GO INTO THE LOCAL SECTOR. YOU ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE SECTOR, WHICH IS THE, I BELIEVE THERE'S 15 OF THEM ACROSS THE CITY. AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FEES GO INTO THE PARTICULAR SECTOR. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE MORE THAN 15. UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBER IS, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, A NUMBER OF SECTORS. AND SO IF THE PROPERTY OWNER CHOOSES TO PAY THE FEE, 70% WOULD GO INTO THAT PARTICULAR SECTOR. AND THEN 30% WOULD GO INTO A CITYWIDE, UM, POT, WHICH WOULD BE USED TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN HIGH NEEDS AREAS SUCH AS AREAS ADJACENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH FREQUENCY, UH, ROUTES THAT PEDESTRIANS USE A LOT WHERE THERE MAY BE NO SIDEWALKS. UM, WE WILL ESTABLISH VERY, VERY, UM, PRETTY STRICT PRIORITIES ON WHERE THAT MONEY IS SPENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, OH, THESE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'LL PRIORITIZE PROJECTS. EITHER IT'S ON THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, OR TO IMPROVE SIDEWALK CONDITIONS ON A STREET, HIGH DEMAND AREAS, INCREASING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AREAS WHERE THERE'S HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC, UM, AND, AND WHERE THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL VERY CAREFULLY ANALYZE THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE THE SIDEWALK NEEDS ARE TO, TO REALLY MAXIMIZE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN HOUSTON. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THAT'S IT. SO I'LL, I'LL SKIP THIS PART. I'LL COME BACK IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND TELL YOU THIS LATER. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE, UH, 30 MINUTE POINTS. THAT'S PERFECT TIMING. I WANNA PAUSE FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT AND SAY THAT DAVID FIELDS, OUR CHIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AND MU FANG, WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS, UM, ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE, ARE BOTH ON THE CALL AND THEY CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER. SO BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. I DO SEE TWO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE, WE DO HAVE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. LET'S TAKE THESE TWO AND THEN LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES. OKAY. UH, GREG, UH, SERGA, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU, WHAT FORECAST ARE YOU SHOWING FOR FEE IN LIEU OF SIDEWALK FOR ON A ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE FUND? I'M NOT, WHAT'S THE FUNDING SHOWN? UH, WE'RE NOT. WELL, I WOULD, SO WE HAVE NOT PROJECTED YET HOW MUCH WOULD GO INTO THE FUND. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THE APPROPRIATE WOULD BE, AND IT WILL BE BASED ON THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALKS. THEY WILL BE CLOSELY ALIGNED. DAVID OR IAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN I CAN. UH, THIS IS MUAN. YEAH. BUT I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN COST FOR SIDEWALKS OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, MODELING IT OUT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. OKAY. MUAN? YES. UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE, UH, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL COST. UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, CONSTRUCTED SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE CITY. UM, SO THE FEE WILL BE CHARGED BASED ON THAT ACTUAL COST. I KNOW THE COST FOR THE SIDEWALKS, A LONG CURB FROM THE SIDEWALK, A LONG OPEN DIG STREET. SO, UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR, PROBABLY WANTS TO GIVE US THE FINAL NUMBER, BUT, BUT THE FEE WILL BE BASICALLY BASED ON THE ACTUAL COST, UH, FOR THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK. AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT NUMBER, WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MODEL OUT HOW MANY WE EXPECT IN ANY ONE YEAR. OH, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR MODELING OUT OF THESE, THE NUMBERS? MAYBE NOT THE DOLLAR SIDE, BUT THE NUMBER THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO BE LOOKING AT? NO, I DO NOT YET. I DO NOT AT, AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, TAMARA BELL? UH, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION DIRECTOR. UM, [00:50:01] NOT ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, PROCESS. OH, OKAY. UM, I, UH, I AM OVER MCGREGOR, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY IS A PART OF MY, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M BECOMING, UM, MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS THAN I EVER WANTED TO BE. UH, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT WHEN YOU ALL HAVE THIS PROPOSAL, YOU DON'T NOTIFY THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE CIVIC CLUB. UM, WE DID NOTIFY THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, MA'AM. WE, WE ABSOLUTELY DID NOTIFY THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING. I, I'M THE SUPER, THE PRESIDENT. I, I WASN'T NOTIFIED. UM, IT, I WASN'T NOTIFIED. I, I WANNA STAY ON, UM, YOUR, I MEAN, I WAS TOLD I HAD 30 MINUTES, SO I WANNA BE REALLY RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME. TAMARA, CAN YOU CALL ME AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS? 'CAUSE I HAVE A, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION. WE MAILED IT TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ADDRESS FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING. BEEN LIVING IN MY HOUSE SINCE 89. I DIDN'T GET NO LETTER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU, DO YOU HAVE MY NUMBER CALL, CALL ME AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK. AND I'M TALKING TO THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC CLUB ON THURSDAY NIGHT. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, I'M, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL BE, UH, STAYING IN CONTACT. THEN. UH, KATHY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THIS WILL BE THE LAST QUESTION ON, ON THE SIDEWALKS. YEAH, I'LL MAKE IT, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. AND MARGARET, YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH MY NEIGHBORHOODS ANYWAY, SO LET'S JUST TAKE SOUTH HAMPTON AS A, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE THERE, IT'S COMPLETELY BUILT OUT AT FOUR FOOT SIDEWALKS. THE NEW REGULATIONS CALL FOR FIVE PEOPLE, UH, ASK THE CIVIC CLUB TO, TO, UH, WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR, UM, EXEMPTION AND SO FORTH. AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THOSE LETTERS FROM US UP THERE ON THAT SECOND SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD THE PRICES OF 1200 AND SOMETHING TO EXEMPT AND MODIFY. IS THAT WHERE THAT FALLS? IN OTHER WORDS, A HOMEOWNER OR A BUILDER WOULD PAY 1200 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS JUST TO HOPE THAT THEY GOT THE EXEMPTION. IS THIS NON-REFUNDABLE MONEY, THESE APPLICATIONS? YES. SO IT'S, UM, IN, WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE ORDINANCE BACK IN 2020, THE NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY $1,100. AND, UH, THAT WAS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME IT TOOK TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION, TO VISIT THE SITE IF NECESSARY. UM, IT WAS A CALCULATION THAT WE DID WITH THE LEGAL, I MEAN, WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SETS FEES FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH INFORMATION FROM THE, THE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE TO ANALYZE WHETHER THE EXEMPTION OR, UM, MODIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ALLOWED. UM, SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE WAS A COST OF LI LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL THE FEES ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER IS NOW $1,200. WE HAVE LOOKED CAREFULLY AT, WITH A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF EXPERIENCE. NOW HOW MUCH DOES IT REALLY COST US TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE? AND IAN AND DAVID HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF THAT DO THE REVIEWS, AND THEY PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE LEGAL, UH, I KEEP SAYING LEGAL TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS NOW LOOKING AT WHAT THE FEE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE BASED ON A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF EXPERIENCE. WE EXPECT THAT FEE WILL COME DOWN. UM, I DON'T KNOW AT THE PRESENT TIME HOW MUCH IT WILL COME DOWN OR WHAT IT'LL END UP BEING, BUT, UM, YES, WE UNDERSTAND THERE, THERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE SOME SAVINGS IN HOW WE OPERATE. THANK YOU. DAVID, DO YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? NO, I THINK YOU ANSWERED THAT TOTALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO, UH, WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO PLEASE CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, UH, WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. UH, AND, UH, OR YOU CAN CONTACT US TO ASK US TO SEND TO THE DIRECTOR. UH, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL MORE TOPICS TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT. AND WE TRY VERY, VERY HARD TO, UH, FINISH BY EIGHT O'CLOCK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR BUDGET GOES THROUGH, UH, FOR TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. JOIN ME, JOIN ME, PLEASE. AND, UH, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK THE DIRECTOR FOR JOINING US TODAY. UH, AND UH, STACY, ARE YOU READY TO TALK ABOUT THE MEETING MINUTES THEN, STACY? UH, SURE. SO I HAD SENT OUT THE, UH, MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL, [00:55:02] UM, EARLIER TODAY. AND I HAD SENT FEBRUARY AND MARCH A MONTH AGO. BUT, UM, I THINK THE, THE ADDITIONAL UPDATE WAS THE ONE FROM, UH, OR THE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL, UM, THAT WERE SENT TODAY. SO I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BACK, UH, ACTUALLY TWO COMMENTS. ONE FROM PAULA PARTIAL TO BE ADDED TO ALL THREE OF THE MEETING MINUTES, AND ALSO LUPITA TALLY. SO IF THERE ARE NOT ANY FURTHER, UH, AMENDMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK CINDY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THREE MONTHS, FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL, UM, AS AMENDED. UH, SO I WILL SAY YOU MADE THAT MOTION SO I CAN GET, CAN I GET A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT. KATHY EASTERLY. AND WHO IS THIS? THIS WAS KATHY EASTER. CATHY. OKAY. UM, I WILL JUST SAY, IS ANYBODY OPPOSED? IT'S EASIER TO DO IT THAT WAY. I'M NOT OPPOSED. WE JUST ARE MISSING THE FEBRUARY, UH, UH, PERMITTING CENTER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FOR THE, TO BE ATTACHED TO THE FEBRUARY MINUTES. AND I SENT THAT TO STACY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY. SO WE CAN JUST SEND THAT OUT, UH, WITH THE NEXT MEETING NOTICES. THANK YOU, PHILLIP. UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY OPPOSED, BUT DID WE NOT GET THESE MINUTES TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO? THEY WERE SENT THIS AFTERNOON? WELL, I JUST LOOKED OVER MY INVITE AND I, I HAVE THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS I RECEIVED ALL, AND SINCE SOME OF THE COMMENTS CAME FROM OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE STILL A PROPOSED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D LIKE TO PUT IN OPPOSITION UNTIL I COULD READ THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN ON BEHALF OF, UM, SUPER 45 . RHONDA, DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA AN, UH, TAKE THAT ONE? YEAH, I, I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, STACY, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS IN ATTENDANCE, NOT NECESSARILY SHE WAS SPEAKING OR VOTING ON ANYTHING. SO, GOOD TO NOTE PAULA'S PRESENCE AT THE MEETINGS. IT WASN'T . OKAY. NO OPPOSITION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. AND PASTOR DEB, YOU, YOU ARE, UH, DOWN AS ATTENDING ALL THREE MEETINGS AS WELL. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, THEN, UH, WE WILL ACCEPT THEM AS, UH, MODIFIED. OKEY DOE. UH, LET'S SEE, UH, OUR NEXT, UH, STACY, DO YOU WANNA DO THE INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR NEXT, UH, GUEST SPEAKER WHO IS OUR NEXT GUEST SPEAKER, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY. PERSON. YOU . I'M SORRY. I HAVE MY, I'M SORRY, I'M COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN THIS ATTENDEE LIST. UM, GIVE GIMME ONE SECOND. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO IT, CINDY, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. OH, THANKS. SURE. UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEXT, UH, SPEAKER IS FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO TALK ABOUT DISASTER READINESS. UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, ALLISON HUDSON. ALLISON, UH, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T SEE HER ON THE LIST. THAT'S WHY I'M, I DON'T SEE HER ON THE LIST EITHER. OH, WELL MAYBE, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS RUNNING, RACING THROUGH THE, UH, AGENDA THEN. OKAY. WELL IF YOU ARE HERE, UH, IF NOT, UH, WE'LL SKIP TO THE NEXT TOPIC. UH, ROY, UH, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY? SURE. ALRIGHT, SO THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME. THIS AFTER, FOR BEING HERE. WE'VE EACH GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. WE'RE CHOOSING TO BE HERE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE WAS A SURVEY SENT OUT THIS AFTERNOON TO ALL OF THE KNOWN ADDRESSES FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE AFFILIATED ONES. SO IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE SOMETHING AND YOU ARE TIED TO AN ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, OR UH, AN OFFICER FOR THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. LET US KNOW. THAT'S THE HOUSEKEEPING SIDE. AS A REMINDER, THE REASON FOR THIS POLL SURVEY IS JUST A FEW THINGS, RIGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN A BLUR. LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS. AS WE WENT THROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS, SOME GROUPS WERE ABLE TO ADOPT, ADAPT, OTHERS NOT AS MUCH. AND THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AT [01:00:01] A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE LEVEL AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THEMES WITHIN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY WE'RE EXPERIENCING, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PATTERNS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT MAY BE SOMETHING LONGER TERM THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY WORK ON TOGETHER. WE TAKE THIS SAME MINDSET AND APPLY IT AT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LEVEL. THIS ALSO LETS YOU UNDERSTAND WITHIN YOUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, NOW THAT WE'RE EMERGING OR PARTIALLY EMERGING FROM A PANDEMIC, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON? SO COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE DOING THAT AT A COUNCIL LEVEL, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LEVEL, AND IT UNDER ALLIANCE LEVEL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS HELPS US IDENTIFY, ONCE WE IDENTIFY THESE COMMON AREAS OF INTEREST, THIS GIVES MORE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST MORE OF YOUR TIME TO COME TOGETHER AS AN ALLIANCE, WE CAN IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT DO COME ACROSS THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY THAT WE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. I, AND FROM THE SECOND WARD, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I, I'LL SHARE THAT THE MUSEUM DISTRICT, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON THAT ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF BY PARTICIPATING IN THE ALLIANCE, BY SHARING THESE INFORMATION, BY NETWORKING, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE WITH THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO PLEASE, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, OR BY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, COMPLETE THE SURVEY ON BEHALF OF YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO CINDY, UM, STACY, SCOTT, OR MYSELF, AND WE CAN WALK THROUGH, WALK YOU THROUGH WITH THIS. AGAIN, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE MORE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS, THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF IT. THANKS. AND ROY, JUST TO STEP IN HERE, I PROVIDED THE LINK IN THE CHAT, SO IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE IT THIS AFTERNOON, UH, YOU CAN ACCESS IT THAT WAY. AND AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, AND THANKS STACY, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, LET'S ENSURE THAT IF YOU'RE, THAT EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAVING A CONVERSATION, SO WE'RE RECEIVING ONE VOICE FROM A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE VOICES. IS THAT FAIR? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I SEE ONE HAND. YES, THAT'S ME, ROY. THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. MM-HMM . UH, GIVING US TWO WEEKS IS A BIT PROBLEMATIC. I THINK IF YOU REALLY WANNA HAVE SOMETHING ROBUST, WE DO NOT EVEN MEET UNTIL AFTER YOU WANT THE RESPONSES BACK. SO I WOULD SUGGEST, UNLESS THERE'S A REAL REASON TO AT LEAST PUSH THAT OFF TILL THE FOLLOWING MONTH FOR LOOKING SURVEY SO WE CAN BE, GIVE IT MORE THOUGHTFUL, ROBUST ANSWERS TO THAT, LET OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS MAKE, UH, HAVE A GOOD INPUT. THANK YOU. UH, PEDRO, YOU ALSO HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? UM, YES MA'AM. IS THIS, UM, I KNOW JACK USED TO PUT OUT SOMETHING OR ASK QUESTIONS OF US. IS THIS THE SAME THING THAT JACK USED TO DO OR IS IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IF JACK IS ON THE, UH, IS IN THE MEETING? SO FROM JACK, IF YOU WANNA REPLY AND I'LL REPLY FROM AN ALLIANCE'S PERSPECTIVE. SO OUR LIAISONS THAT IS, THAT IS ATTACHED, THAT IS PART OF YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REACHING OUT TO EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE LEADERSHIP, THE MEETING TIMES, WHETHER THEY'RE MEETING VIRTUAL, UM, AND THAT BASIC INFORMATION. SO THAT THEN GETS FILTERED TO ME AND THAT DOES, DOES GET PUT ON THE WEB. OKAY. SO FROM AN ALLIANCE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS REGARDLESS OF BOUNDARIES, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE SIMILARITIES OR THERE ARE CHALLENGES DIFFERENCES. AND THE REALITY IS THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MORE THAN WE REALIZE. AND THERE ARE SOME PATTERNS HAVING ATTENDED THE, UH, REDISTRICTING MEETINGS, ALL BUT ONE OF THEM, THERE ARE SOME THEMES THAT ARE EMERGING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WITHOUT INFORMATION LIKE THIS, WE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. AND THAT JUST CAUSES VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ON THIS CALL AND NOT, NOT ON THIS CALL TO DO REWORK. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS TIES INTO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT JACK WAS, UM, STATING FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. SO ROY, IF SOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T MEET AS FREQUENTLY, WOULD YOU PREFER TO GET LIKE, TENTATIVE INFORMATION OR WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME QUESTION THAT GREG HAD. SO GREG IS QUESTION YOUR QUESTION'S FAIR. AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT. WE HADN'T CONSI I HADN'T CONSIDERED IT AND COLLECTIVELY WE HADN'T CONSIDERED IT. IF IT'S A [01:05:01] MONTH AND THAT DOES GIVE US THE QUALITY INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THEN THAT SEEMS LIKE A FAIR ASK. SO GREG, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHICH SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS MEET MONTHLY AND WHICH ONES MEET BIMONTHLY AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH ONE OTHER. SO THANKS FOR THAT VERY GOOD POINT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WE'LL COME BACK AND MODIFY OUR TIME PERIOD. UH, THANKS ROY. WE ACTUALLY DO MEET EVERY MONTH. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT WITHIN THESE TWO WEEKS. AND AS FOR MY COMMENT, WELL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS A NUT. OKAY. , UH, STACY, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I ALSO JUST WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT WE, THE SNA TYPICALLY DOES NOT MEET IN JULY, SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. MM-HMM . OKAY, GOOD POINT. GOOD POINT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC SURVEY, UH, PULSE SURVEY AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT? AND, AND ANOTHER ITEM WE WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE, FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BECOME AT, BECOME INVOLVED AT AN ALLIANCE LEVEL. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE TOPIC THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. INVOLVED, UH, LINDA HAS A QUESTION. LINDA SCURLOCK? UH, YES. OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALMOST INACTIVE, SO WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY INFORMATION. IF YOU SENT A SURVEY, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO, UH, THAT, THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK WITH THIS PAUSE SURVEY. IS IT JUST FOR THE PRESIDENTS OF THESE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS? IT'S FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR THE CHAIR OR THE PERSON WHO LEADING THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE, UH, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, YOUR RESPECTIVE BOARD, YOUR OFFICERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS SINCE YOU, EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AT LEAST SEVERAL CENSUS TRACKS, THIS DOES REQUIRE US TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. BUT BECAUSE WE, WE DON'T GET ANY COMMUNICATION, WE DON'T GET ANYTHING. SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM US BECAUSE NOBODY'S, YOU KNOW, COME TO US. ROY, THIS IS RHONDA. PERHAPS YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THE INACTIVE AREAS OR THE AREA LIKE MS. SCURLOCK IS REFERRING TO, WHO THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT, THANKS. FAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, AND CAN WE BE, UH, TOLD ABOUT THIS WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE ABOUT THESE THAT ARE IN SO SLIGHTLY INACTIVE? YES, MA'AM. WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T WANNA, I'M, I'M NOT COMMITTING 'CAUSE I, I NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE SURVEY. SO, BUT YES, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE INFORMATION EVEN IN THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT QUITE ACTIVE. SO I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SURVEY. RIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE QUESTIONS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT, UM, YEAH, LET ME GET WITH RIGHT, WE WILL, WE WILL GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU, I PROMISE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, DEAR. UH, STACY, YOU HAD A QUESTION OR COMMENT? THIS, UH, THIS COMMENT IS FOR LINDA SCURLOCK. UM, IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE IT TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON, THE, THE LINK TO THE SURVEY, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO SNA C H@GMAIL.COM AND I'LL PUT THAT IN THE CHAT, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE. SURE. I DID RECEIVED IT. I DID. YOU DID OR DID NOT? I DID. OKAY, GOOD. I HAVEN'T SEEN, I SAW IT. IT'S THERE, SO I HAVEN'T OPENED IT YET. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM . GOOD. I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU GOT IT. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? UH, ROY, CAN YOU JUST SPEND JUST A MINUTE WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT FROM THE SNA ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? SURE. SO AS DIRECTOR BROWN MENTIONED, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSE, THE LEGAL ASPECT OF IT, WHY WE'RE DOING IT AS FAR AS REPRESENTATION FROM OUR END. THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT FROM STACY ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WAS SENT OUT MAY THE FIRST AT 10:11 PM SO IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, WE KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY, IT'S GOOD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT TIME PERIOD. WITHIN THE EMAIL ITSELF, IT REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR AREA OR ADVOCATES FOR OUR AREA. AND IT LISTED SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO, SUCH AS IDENTIFYING BOUNDARIES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'D LIKE TO RETAIN, OR THOSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN FOR OUR SPECIFIC DISTRICT. UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE TYPES OF COMMENTS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS [01:10:01] OR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MORE LIKE US WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERHAPS, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN, UM, HOUSING, EDUCATION, INCOME, SALARIES, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT INFORMATION OR DATE OR INFORMATION RATHER, THAT HELPS SUPPORT YOUR CASE TO EITHER EXPAND OR CONTRACT YOUR SPECIFIC DISTRICT. AND THE REALITY IS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. THERE ARE FOUR DISTRICTS, HI AND J THAT ARE 1114, AND 17% UNDER C IS 15% OVER D AND DE ARE AT 7% OVER. SO THE REALITY IS THE DISTRICT LINES ARE CHANGING, RIGHT? THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE GOOD REPRESENTATIVES AND ADVOCATES FOR OUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND GO IN AND PROVIDE SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS THAT HELP SUPPORT THE CASE THAT YOU WANNA MAKE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IN THAT SPECIFIC EMAIL, IT DOES GIVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT ARE, AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO USE. AND THEN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT WITH YOUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SHARE IT ON YOUR, WHOEVER, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE IT. BUT THE MORE INFORMED WE ARE, THE BETTER, UH, ADVOCATES WE WILL BE FOR OUR AREAS. THANK YOU, ROY. THANK YOU. UM, ANYTHING ELSE, ROY, BEFORE WE SWITCH TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? GOLDEN, THANKS. OKAY. UH, DOUG, DOUG SMITH, UH, UP TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, CITY BUDGET MEETING PROCESS AGAIN. YES, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET STARTS, ACTUALLY IT STARTS TOMORROW BECAUSE THE MAYOR WILL HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, PRESENTING, UH, THE NEW BUDGET TO THE PUBLIC. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE 26 INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS, UH, FOR, UM, ALL OF THE BUDGETS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE GENERAL FUND WELL, AND ALSO THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. UM, AND I PUT A LINK TO THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WEBSITE, UH, ON, IN THE CHAT. AND THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE OPEN BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. AND IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT THAT YOU LOOK AT, YOU CAN GO ON THE, UH, WEBSITE FOR THE, UH, UH, BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS AND SEE A LISTING OF ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, THE SCHEDULE'S THERE. AND YOU CAN EITHER COME TO THAT MEETING IN PERSON AT CITY HALL OR YOU CAN JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY. THERE'S A PLACE TO SIGN UP FOR THE MEETINGS VIRTUALLY AT ON THE, UH, FISCAL AFFAIRS, UH, COMMITTEE WEBSITE. BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS. IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN BUDGETS, UH, OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE BUDGETS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO DO IT. AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS IN PERSON AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, DOUG. UH, OKAY. WE ARE IN THE, UH, OPEN COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE, UH, JUST A, A ONE MINUTE TO GIVE A COMMENT OR AN UPDATE OR ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS IS THE TIME. UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. UM, ALSO, IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE, UH, THIS IS THE TIME TO SPEAK AS WELL. UH, SO, OKAY, STACY. SO I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY PRIMARY RUNOFFS BEGINS MAY 16TH, AND IT GOES UNTIL THE 20TH. ELECTION DAY IS MAY 24TH. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET OUT AND VOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, JAY BERG. THANK YOU. YEAH, JAKE BERG, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER. AND, UM, SORRY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I'VE GOT A, A DOG BARKING HERE. UH, WAS IN NORTHWOOD MANOR IN THE FIFTH WARD ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, TALKING TO HURRICANE HARVEY SURVIVORS AND PART OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IN THE TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES BEYOND JUST 13 MILLION ACRES OF PUBLIC LANDS GENERATING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND, WHICH PROVIDES ABOUT $2 BILLION A YEAR FOR K THROUGH 12. UH, EDUCATION IN ADDITION TO VETERANS BENEFITS IS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING. UM, AND ABOUT $8.4 BILLION IN BACKLOGGED FUNDS. THAT SHOULD BE, UH, GOING INTO COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. CERTAINLY THERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE BACKLOG AND, UM, [01:15:01] THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON ENSURING THAT, UH, WE FIGHT AND REVERSE, UH, WEALTH INEQUALITY AS WE HANDLE NATURAL DISASTERS. AND ALSO, UH, SOME, SOME WORK THAT I'M GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER IN, UH, POLICY POSITIONS HERE SHORTLY, UH, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING BEFORE THESE NATURAL DISASTERS HIT, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN, UH, IN HOUSTON, UH, IT'S ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO AS YOU SAID, EARLY VOTING, MAY 16TH, THE 20TH, AND THEN THE 24TH. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, KAY WARHOL, HI. UM, THIS IS REALLY FOR DOUG SMITH. I NEEDED A MINUTE TO CHECK SOMETHING BEFORE I COULD ASK MY QUESTION. UM, DOUG, I DON'T SEE ANY INDICATION OF VIRTUAL, UM, ATTENDANCE AT THE, AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS, NEITHER THE, THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS MONTH OR THE, THE, UM, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS. DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? YEAH, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, THE, THE LINK WHICH I PUT THERE, GO TO THE WEBSITE. YEAH. UH, AND, UH, AT THE TOP THERE, I DON'T HAVE IT OPEN RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT THERE, THERE'S A LINK FOR, UH, 2023 BUDGET, UH, SCHEDULE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ANY OR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS, EITHER, UH, VIRTUALLY. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD ALWAYS GO DOWN IN PERSON AND JUST SIGN UP WHEN YOU GET THERE. BUT IT, IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST LINK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, UM, SO, SO YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT THAT AND YOU SIGN UP TO COMMENT THAT THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY THERE? YES, THERE'S A PLACE TO SIGN UP. OKAY. FOR VIRTUAL COMMENT. YES. THANKS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU. SURE. GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, ASHLEY. ASHLEY JOHNSON. UH, THANKS SO MUCH. UM, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. UH, ASHLEY JOHNSON HERE WITH LINK HOUSTON. ONE QUICK THING I JUST WANTED TO DROP IN. THAT'S COMING UP HERE IN THE MONTH OF MAY FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE AWARE OF MAY 23RD AND 24TH AT THE MATCH CENTER IN MIDTOWN, THERE IS GONNA BE A VISION ZERO SUMMIT THAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON AT THE MATCH CENTER. UH, THERE'LL BE, UH, PRESENCE FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE FROM, UM, HARRIS COUNTY. HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GONNA BE THERE NATURALLY, PEOPLE FROM CITY HOUSTON GOVERNMENT, AND A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, CENTRAL TEXAS FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS, FROM TDOT, AND FROM THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE. FOR SOME OF YOU THAT MAY BE AWARE, TEXAS LEADS THE NATION IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES, UM, AMONGST ALL STATES IN THE COUNTRY. AND ESPECIALLY WE SAW THIS, UH, REALLY APPARENT, UH, DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WHILE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS CARS ON THE ROAD, THERE WERE STILL MORE, UH, INCAPACITATING, INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND FATALITIES AMONGST, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND FROM CYCLISTS. BUT I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND, UH, ANYONE WHO CAN TO ATTEND THAT EVENT. UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE VISION ZERO TEXAS.ORG SITE TO GO LOOK FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, UH, FOR THAT. IN ADDITION, UH, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE INNER KATY CITY PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON WITH METRO, AND WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. AND DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THE, UH, RESPONSE TO PEOPLE IN REGARDS TO THE INFORMATION THAT DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CLOSELY. AND THE MEETINGS ARE GONNA COME IN SOON ABOUT THE, UH, FEE AND LIE POLICY. IF ANYONE LIKE A FOLLOW UP, UH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY CONTACT ME OFFLINE OR, UH, GO TO OUR SITE@WWW.LINK HOUSTON.ORG. UM, THANKS. UM, DO YOU HAVE TO R RSVP TO ATTEND THAT VISION ZERO SUMMIT SUMMIT? YES, THE REGISTRATION, I CAN DROP THE LINK ALSO IN HERE AS WELL FOR REGISTRATION. UM, IT'S AT THE SITE, BUT I HAPPEN TO HAVE A, UH, A URL FOR IT APPEAR HOT, SO JUST GO AHEAD AND DROP THAT TOO. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, COMMENTS? CINDY? I DON'T KNOW IF, IF PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA THAT I SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY, BUT, UH, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, MARK WILL, FALK WILL BE OUR FEATURED SPEAKER FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. SO BRING ALL OF YOUR TRASH QUESTIONS AND, UH, HE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THE ONE THING THAT I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST, [01:20:01] UH, WHAT I ASKED HIM TO DO WAS SHARE HIS VISION LONG TERM AND ALSO SHORT TERM, UM, TO, TO CORRECT, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE NOW AND ALSO WHAT, YOU KNOW, HE THINKS LONG TERM WILL, YOU KNOW, PREVENT US FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS EVER AGAIN. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. YES, YES. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I SHOULD, THAT'S, UH, GREAT TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, LET'S SEE, UH, KATHLEEN O'REILLY. YEAH, GUYS, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE ION, UM, IS MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN, BEEN, UH, INVOLVED IN ITS LAUNCHING THIS WEEK. IS THERE, UH, INAUGURAL FESTIVAL? THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON. IT'S ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO I URGE ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT THE ION WEBSITE AND IT, IT'S, IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR HOUSTON AND BRYCE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB OF ACTIVATING IT AND, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE THIS WEEK. UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR HOUSTON AND I THINK CITYWIDE, UM, PEOPLE WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN IT. AND, AND I, I REALLY HOPE EVERYBODY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE EVENTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF PLANNED AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S JUST FASCINATING WORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND COME VISIT. THANK YOU KATHLEEN. UH, NEXT, UH, HUEY GERMAN WILSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I AM, UH, STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH 3 1 1. THE, THE APP HASN'T WORKED IN QUITE SOME TIME. I THINK IT'S A HUGE ISSUE FOR THE CITY AT LARGE. AND, UH, WE'VE TALKED TO 3 1 1 ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION A RS, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER REVAMPING IT. UH, THEY, WE, WE WERE TOLD BACK IN FEBRUARY, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY THAT IT HAD BEEN REVAMPED AND THAT THEY WERE GOING BACK TO USING, UM, THE CCL FIX APP SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT. AND IN COMMUNITIES LIKE, UH, TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS, THAT APP IS INVALUABLE, UH, WHERE WE'RE REPORTING 20 TO 30 INSTANCES OF, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING OR VE BIG ISSUES AT A TIME. UH, AND WE STILL ARE NOT GETTING ANY RE RESPONSE FROM A RS, UH, ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING ABOUT GETTING THAT DONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH, UH, C QLIK FIX TO COME BACK ON BOARD. SO I'D LIKE FOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ALLIANCES AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY TO ASK FOR THEM TO COME BACK IN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. GREAT, GREAT COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE YES, THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME TOO. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT. UM, CINDY, UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY GOING TO, TO WHAT HUEY IS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO USING SEEK CLICK FIX. ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT EITHER. WELL, THEY TOLD US, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT IT SINCE LAST AUGUST WHEN THEY TOLD US THE APP THAT THEY CONVERTED TO WAS THE VERY BEST APP THEY HAD EVER SEEN. AND WE ASSURED THEM THAT IT WAS NOT, AND HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. AND WE'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH, BUT IT, THEY MAKE IT APPEAR AS THOUGH I'M THE ONLY PERSON, UH, MYSELF AND I THINK DOWNEY, UH, ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ANY REAL ISSUES WITH IT. BUT, UH, IF I CAN'T DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND DO AN A, YOU KNOW, ABAN ABANDONED SIGNS, ILLEGAL DUMPING, BURNED OUT BUILDINGS, WHAT HAVE YOU, OR THE THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO, AND, AND FRANKLY, I WAS DOING ABOUT 200 A MONTH AT ONE POINT ON THE APP. UH, IF I'VE GOTTA CALL THOSE IN, I CAN DO THREE AT A TIME. IF I SEND IT IN ON AN EMAIL, I PUT IT ON A SPREADSHEET THAT'S EVEN MORE CUMBERSOME FOR US TO TRY TO MAINTAIN. AND DO YOU REALLY EXPECT CITIZENS TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK? UH, WHEN WE PAY FOR A PERFECTLY GOOD SYSTEM? SO THEY SAID THEY WENT BACK TO A AR, I MEAN, TO A CCL FIX, BECAUSE IT WAS THE, IT REALLY WAS A BETTER SYSTEM THAN THE ONE THE CITY DEVELOPED ON THEIR OWN LAST YEAR. AND THEY SAID THEY WENT BACK TO IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY INDICATION THAT THAT'S HAPPENED. AND NO, NO FOLLOW UP FROM THEM ON WHEN IT'LL ROLL OUT, UH, IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANY BETA TESTING TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S WORKING. SO, UH, WE EVEN WENT TO CITY COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT THIS IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE'RE STILL NOT HEARING ANYTHING. THIS IS, THIS IS DOUG. UH, CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT COMES UNDER THE A RA DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T IT? ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, UH, 3 1 1 [01:25:01] HANDLES THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND, UH, HUEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME TO THEIR BUDGET HEARING, IT'S AT TWO 30 ON MAY SEVEN, EXCUSE ME, MAY 19TH. UH, THE DIRECTOR WILL BE THERE AND YOU CAN, UH, TALK TO HER DIRECTLY ABOUT THE CONCERNS AND LET OTHER PEOPLE ON COUNCIL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THANKS, DOUG. I'LL PUT THAT ON MY CALENDAR. OKAY. YEAH. AND, AND HUEY, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING ISSUES. SO IF THEY'RE MAKING YOU FEEL THAT WAY, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT RIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO ARE ACTUALLY HAVING THE SAME STRUGGLES. NOW I DON'T PUT IN 200 A MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE ONE ONES. I MEAN THIS, I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS A CUMBERSOME PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IT'S, IT IS. AND SO YOU'RE NOT THURSDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS THE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED SATURDAY MORNING. YES. SO, AND, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAY I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT ATTENDS THAT MEETING THAT DOUG TALKED ABOUT ON MAY 19TH TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS AND UH, WE SAW THAT AT THE DISTRICT C REDISTRICTING MEETING. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO CIPS THERE WERE JUST SHORT OF 30 PEOPLE THERE FROM ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING WE, WE HAVE TO BE ON A CIP. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD COORDINATE OFFLINE. I THINK SO. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE'RE DROPPING DOWN. WE'VE GOT JUST LIKE THREE MINUTES LEFT. KATHLEEN, CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY IN ONE MINUTE, KATHLEEN? SORRY, STACY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. I FORGOT TO WR LOWER MY HAND. OH, I THOUGHT YOU PUT IT BACK UP. OKAY. . OKAY. UH, WELL THIS IS ALL GREAT CONVERSATION. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR MANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TODAY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS. UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD, I'M SURE THERE'RE GONNA BE LOTS OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE IS HERE NEXT MONTH TO SPEAK. UM, AND IF YOU DO HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY, PLEASE CONTACT US AT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS SNA@GMAIL.COM. AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ADJOURN AT 7 57. THANK YOU, SANDY. I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. SURE. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANKS FOR A GREAT MEETING, Y'ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.